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Embarrassed Verizon Launches Second LTE Smartphone
After an embarrassing delay due to “unexpected” problems, Verizon Wireless has launched its second smartphone capable of using its newly minted high-speed Long Term Evolution data network. The Samsung Droid Charge was scheduled for release in late April before the LTE network briefly crashed in some areas, preventing new activations and slowing data speeds, but [...]
PlayStation Network Won’t Resume Until May 31
Sony’s PlayStation Network, already down for almost three weeks because of a massive security breach, may not be fully available until May 31, after the Memorial Day weekend when U.S. gamers will want to be playing, as well as honoring veterans and throwing burgers on the barbecue. A Toykyo-based spokesman for the company told Bloomberg [...]
Sony Apologizes For Network Breach, Aims To Resume Service
Sony Corp. apologized for the breach of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, and said it aims to resume the online gaming center by the end of the month after upgrading security. Partial resumption of the services will likely occur in a week, Kazuo Hirai, Sony’s executive deputy president in charge of consumer products and [...]
Sony PSP-2 Release Delayed By Japanese Disaster
ZDNet & Bloomberg are both reporting that the expected world-wide release this year of Sony’s new hand-help platform will be delayed. According to ZDNet: Sony’s CEO and president for computer entertainment, Jack Tretton, said that the global launch for the NGP will be scaled back to “a single region this year instead of starting sales [...]
The Sony PSP2, codenamed NGP
Betcha didn’t think this day would come, but it finally has. Sony has just come clean with its next-generation PlayStation Portable. It’s actually codenamed NGP and will revolve around five key concepts: Revolutionary User Interface, Social Connectivity, Location-based Entertainment, Converging Real and Virtual (augmented) Reality. It will be compatible with the PlayStation Suite. Tweet this!
PSP2 Hits Next Fall With Dual Analog Sticks, Touch Pad and Bigger Screen
Around the time of the Tokyo Game Show, Sony held a private meeting at its offices in Tokyo’s Aoyama. The purpose was to show off the PSP2. Several sources have confirmed to Kotaku that the PSP2 does have a previously rumored touch panel on the back of the hardware. The touch panel was described as [...]